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No school gets rich off the NCAA’s basketball fund. Reach the Final Four like Duke and Kentucky? Exit the first weekend like Virginia, Hampton and VCU? Just miss qualifying like Old Dominion and Richmond? Given the NCAA’s distributions to conferences, and subsequent trickle-down to the schools, even the largest windfalls are modest. That said, a league-record 15 tournament victories this postseason, and counting, plus the end of an unprecedented Final Four drought, are welcome competitive and financial developments for the ACC. Duke’s Final Four appearance is the conference’s first since the Blue Devils’ 2010 national championship, the ACC’s...

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No school gets rich off the NCAA’s basketball fund. Reach the Final Four like Duke and Kentucky? Exit the first weekend like Virginia, Hampton and VCU? Just miss qualifying like Old Dominion and Richmond?
Given the NCAA’s distributions to conferences,...

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It was all coming to an end too soon...

Mike Krzyzewski sounded more confused than angry after his Duke team lost to Notre Dame in the ACC tournament semifinals. Watching the somnolent Blue Devils, he said, "was like an out-of-body experience."
Tempering Krzyzewski's reaction to...

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Baseball:
Virginia Tech literally walked off with a 2-1 surprise over No. 1 Virginia to start an Atlantic Coast Conference series in Blacksburg.
In Friday's ninth inning, the Hokies (8-9, 2-2) loaded the bases with no outs.
Brendon Hayden,...

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